Gulf Coast Doula
Gulf Coast Doula supports your birth preferences as you define them, whether at home or in the hospital, with an OB or a midwife, with an epidural or unmedicated. Gulf Coast Doula promises unconditional support. When you hire Gulf Coast Doula you will learn ways to ease discomfort during labor, learn about the stages of labor, and feel confident about your birth. You and your doula will work closely together to help you have a positive birth experience.
Gulf Coast Doula provides professional labor support and postpartum services on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The service area includes: Biloxi, Gulfport, Ocean Springs, St. Martin, Latimer, D'Iberville, Woolmarket, Vancleave, Gautier, Pascagoula, Lucedale, Long Beach, Pass Christian, and Keesler AFB.
Travel to surrounding areas (up to 50 miles) is available for an additional charge.
The goal at Gulf Coast Doula is to support you so you look back on the memory of the birth of your child feeling you were prepared, encouraged, comforted, and fully supported. Gulf Coast Doula does this by providing exceptional emotional and physical support to you before, during, and after childbirth.
Natasha Woodard
Natasha is a certified labor doula with Childbirth International and BEST Doula. She has been a doula for several years and has provided exceptional support in a variety of settings. She is trained in Spinning Babies and the Rebozo.
Natasha is committed to improving birth in the community. She was a founder of Gulf Coast Birth Options, a Professional Member at Evidence Based Birth® where she received frequent continuing education on the best practices in the field, a former member of the Mississippi Birth Collective, MS Friends of Midwives, and a rally coordinator for Improving Birth. She was the first doula to be granted entry into the operating room of 3 area hospitals, strengthening the working relationship between doulas and L&D teams here on the Gulf Coast. .
She really is truly dedicated
“She really is truly dedicated to helping women make informed choices about their births. She is kind and gentle. She is extremely respectful. She supports any type of birth so long as the woman is safe and informed. She is an advocate for women! We have a bond that will last a lifetime!.”
— T.T.